agriculture

SMETHPORT — Morgan Cady has been named the new 4-H and youth development educator with Penn State Extension, McKean County. She will be working with e...

KEEP PA BEAUTIFUL: Since its inception in 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its affiliates and partners have properly disposed of over one-million...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding notified farmland owners in 25 Pennsylvania counties that they are eligi...

Honey bees are the essential workers of nature, ensuring that crops are pollinated, not to mention providing humans with sweet, delicious honey. The U...

I recently had phone calls from two old friends in the same week. I really enjoy hearing from them and we had quite a bit to talk about, as old hunter...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced it has awarded approximately $1 million in grants to support 26 countie...

The USDA Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to close Morrison Run Road to camping from the Forest Service boundary just south o...

Storm drains are a common sight on downtown streets. What isn’t so common is knowledge of where they lead. Knowing that destination is important, acco...

Over the course of this month and next, my travels will take me to a secluded hollow free from interruptions. A place to unwind some may say, yet whil...

From October through Thanksgiving, rural Americans died from COVID-19 at almost twice the rate of their urban peers. Although that grim divide has sin...

WESTMINSTER, Md. — MidAtlantic Farm Credit recently announced a four-part webinar series in January and February on farm transition planning with PA F...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. ...

The MJ2KB Trail Club received a grant from the Erie Insurance Giving Network, and used it to purchase a new zero-turn mower from Sears in St. Marys, T...

Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...

Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 figures to present some unique opportunities to local deer hunters. The annual buck rifle season gets underway...

Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A center dedicated to advancing animal agriculture was honored when the Penn State Agricultural Council presented its 2020 Leadershi...

Dan Taylor, Bradford native and owner of Dan and Bryan Trees in Shepherdstown, W.Va., has done something in his life that few others can say they’ve a...

SMETHPORT (EC) — At a brief meeting Tuesday, the McKean County Planning Commission approved a major subdivision and variance both for the same propert...

OSWAYO — Officials with the LEEK Hunting & Mountain Preserve have announced that the drawing for a Mustang, guns and cash raffle to benefit the facili...